Episode 192: Overcoming Adversity and Creating Authentic Leadership from Within featuring Graci Harkema

In this episode, we talk with our special guest Graci Harkema about her journey of overcoming adversity and her advice to find your authentic voice as a leader.

Graci is a multi-award winning international diversity, equity, and inclusion speaker, consultant, and author. She specializes in unconscious bias and inclusive leadership training with Fortune 500 to small businesses within various industries.

Graci shares her inspirational story from being born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during civil unrest with little chance of survival to being adopted by an American missionary family, realizing her sexual orientation, and ultimately accepting herself for who she is.

We also talk about some of her greatest lessons in writing the book ‘Rising: From a Mud Hut to the Boardroom- and Back Again’ and some advice to be more authentic as leaders.

In this podcast, you’ll hear:

05:45 - About the essence of the book ‘Rising: From a Mud Hut to the Boardroom- and Back Again’

07:31 - Some advice to find your authentic voice to become a more authentic leader

08:40 - About what helped Graci to become brave and stand for the truth

13:01 - How to become more aware of diversity, equity, and inclusion for healthcare leaders

20:13 - Some of her greatest lessons in writing the book

24:09 - What makes her most proud of writing the book

As you probably already realize, this episode is full of valuable and inspiring stories from Graci Harkema, so don’t hesitate to listen now or go here to watch on the MissingLogic LLC YouTube channel.

Best Way to Reach Graci Harkema:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graci-harkema-94958621/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/graciharkema

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegraciharkema/?hl=en

Website: https://www.graciharkema.com/

Link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Mud-Boardroom-Back-Again/dp/1774582511

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